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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... the other side of the Atlantic. But Rumford was of another generation, and does not come within the scope of these reminiscences. A Sunday now intervened, of which it is enough to say that I spent a large portion of it in attending a service at Westminster Abbey and in lingering among its memorials of the mighty dead. On Monday I began to make use of my notes of introduction, and one of my earliest calls was upon Sir Robert Peel. Stopping at his door in Whitehall Gardens in a somewhat shabby equipage, I remember well the peremptory tone in which I was told by his servant, in answer to my inquiry, that Sir Robert was not at home. But I remember, too, how speedily that tone was changed when I handed him my card with the note of introduction, on the back of which was written, in his own clear and well-remembered chirography, the name of Edward Everett. Oh, Mr. Everett,--I beg pardon, sir, exclaimed the footman; if you will wait a moment, I will take in the letter and card and see if Sir Robert may not have returned. In another minute, the welcome sound was heard,--Sir Robert is at home, and will be very glad to see you. This great statesman, who only a year or two before had been Prime Minister, was now in retirement,--if, indeed, the position of an active and leading member of the House of Commons can ever be called retirement. But he had no other official position, and was free from the absorbing labors and overwhelming responsibilities of a Premier. The name of Mr. Everett, for whom Sir Robert had a great regard, secured for me a reception which I could not otherwise have enjoyed, and I was soon disabused of the impression I had carried with me from hearing so often of the proverbial coldness of Sir Robert Peel. After a few moments'' conversation a... Robert Charles Winthrop, Books, History, Reminiscences Of Foreign Travel; A Fragment Of Autobiography Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Priv. print. in 1894 in 128 pages; Subjects: Anecdotes; History / General; Travel / General; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / Reference; Travel / Maps & Road Atlases;<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 90 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=145gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - Gen… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 90 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=145gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: sentence. He said at once that he was proud to have the sentence remembered by an American, and that he had used it twice designedly, in the same precise words, as an evidence that it was his deliberate judgment on Washington's career and character. So we agreed to exchange addresses; and the next day he sent me not only his Edinburgh discourse, but a volume also of " Tracts, Mathematical and Physical," which he had just published, with an autograph inscription. Of Lord Lyndhurst,? an American by birth, as is well known, ? I can recall but little beyond what I said in announcing his death to the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which he was an Honorary Member. It is all printed in their Proceedings for November, 1863, and in the second volume of my Addresses and Speeches. A sentence or two will suffice for these reminiscences: ? "He was one of the few parliamentary orators, of late years, who commanded attention beyond the limits of his own land, and whose speeches, on foreign and domestic questions alike, were read with interest and eagerness in all parts of the world. There are those here who remember well how emphatically Mr. Webster spoke, on his return from England many years ago, of the clearness, cogency, and true eloquence which characterized a speech of Lyndhurst's which he himself had been fortunate enough to hear. Like Webster, he was especially remarkable for the power and precision with which he stated his case, and for the lucid order in which he arranged and argued it. His advancingage seemed only to add mellowness and richness to his eloquence, while it greatly enhanced the interest with which he was listened to. As late as 1860, when he was on the verge of his eighty-ninth year, he made a speech on the respective rights of the two Houses of Parliament, w...<

ISBN: 9780217254106

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894. Excerpt: ... the other side of the Atlantic. But Rumford was of another generation, and does not come within the scope of these reminiscences. A Sunday now intervened, of which it is enough to say that I spent a large portion of it in attending a service at Westminster Abbey and in lingering among its memorials of the mighty dead. On Monday I began to make use of my notes of introduction, and one of my earliest calls was upon Sir Robert Peel. Stopping at his door in Whitehall Gardens in a somewhat shabby equipage, I remember well the peremptory tone in which I was told by his servant, in answer to my inquiry, that Sir Robert was not at home. But I remember, too, how speedily that tone was changed when I handed him my card with the note of introduction, on the back of which was written, in his own clear and well-remembered chirography, the name of Edward Everett. Oh, Mr. Everett,--I beg pardon, sir, exclaimed the footman; if you will wait a moment, I will take in the letter and card and see if Sir Robert may not have returned. In another minute, the welcome sound was heard,--Sir Robert is at home, and will be very glad to see you. This great statesman, who only a year or two before had been Prime Minister, was now in retirement,--if, indeed, the position of an active and leading member of the House of Commons can ever be called retirement. But he had no other official position, and was free from the absorbing labors and overwhelming responsibilities of a Premier. The name of Mr. Everett, for whom Sir Robert had a great regard, secured for me a reception which I could not otherwise have enjoyed, and I was soon disabused of the impression I had carried with me from hearing so often of the proverbial coldness of Sir Robert Peel. After a few moments'' conversation a... Robert Charles Winthrop, Books, History, Reminiscences Of Foreign Travel; A Fragment Of Autobiography Books>History, General Books LLC<